Transcript Women, Activism, Identity & the Internet Dr. Lisa D’Adamo-Weinstein, Northeast Center WOMEN’S STUDIES RESIDENCY 2010 Women on the Move: Activism, Revolution, Transformation wsresc.pbworks.com Saratoga Springs, New York March.

Women, Activism,
Identity & the Internet
Dr. Lisa D’Adamo-Weinstein, Northeast Center
WOMEN’S STUDIES RESIDENCY 2010
Women on the Move:
Activism, Revolution, Transformation
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Saratoga Springs, New York
March 11-13, 2010
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How are women communicating, expressing
themselves, and learning with technology?
• Modalities across the ages
• A view from the 1950’s
• A view from the 2010’s
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Comparing Men & Women Online
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Across the Generations : How are We Online?
• Overview – Some Stats
• Young Girls
• Teens & Gen-Y – Digital Native Map
• Seniors
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Digital Activism
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Comparing Women & Men Online
“Women are catching up to men in most measures of online life.
Men like the internet for the experiences it offers, while women
like it for the human connections it promotes.”
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2005
How Men & Women Use the Internet
67% of the adult American population goes online
• 68% of men and 66% of women
Younger women are more likely than younger men to be online
• 86% of women ages 18-29 are online, compared with 80% of
men that age
Older men are more likely than older women to be online
• 34% of men 65 and older use the internet, compared with 21% of
women that age
Click the source below to link directly to the report.
Compared with men, online women are more likely to
use the internet to: send and receive email, get maps
and directions, look for health and medical information,
use web sites to get support for health or personal
problems, and get religious information.
Compared with women, online men are more likely to use the
internet to: check the weather, get news, get do-it-yourself
information, check for sports information, get political
information, get financial information, do job-related research,
download software, listen to music, rate a
product/person/service through an online reputation system,
download music files, use a webcam, and take a class.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2005
• More women than men send and receive email, and they use it in a richer and more
engaging way.
• Women are more likely than men to use email to write to friends and family about a
variety of topics, from sharing news and worries to planning events to forward jokes
and funny stories.
• Men and women both appreciate email for its
efficiencies and convenience.
• Women are more likely to feel satisfied with the role
of email in their lives, especially when it comes to
nurturing their relationships.
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, 2005
Across Adult Generations:
How are We Online?
“Over half of the adult internet population is between
18 and 44 years old. But larger percentages of older
generations are online now than in the past, and they
are doing more activities online.”
Source: Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project surveys taken from 2006-2008.
Generations Explained
Generation Name
Birth Years, Ages in 2009
Gen Y (Millennials)
% of total adult
population
Born 1977-1990, Ages 18-32
26%
% of internet-using
population
30%
Gen X
Born 1965-1976, Ages 33-44
20%
23%
Younger Boomers
Born 1955-1964, Ages 45-54
20%
22%
Older Boomers
Born 1946-1954, Ages 55-63
13%
13%
Silent Generation
Born 1937-1945, Ages 64-72
9%
7%
G.I. Generation
Born -1936, Age 73+
9%
4%
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project December 2008 survey
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project December 2008 survey
What are the Generations Doing Online?
Teens and Generation Y (internet users age 18-32) find entertainment and social networks
online
• Seek entertainment through online videos, online games, and virtual worlds, and
downloaded music.
• Internet users ages 12-32 are more likely than older users to read other people’s blogs
and to write their own; are considerably more likely than older generations to use
social networking sites and to create
• Teen and Generation Y users are also significantly more likely than older generations
to send instant messages to friends.
Older generations (ages 33+)use the internet as a tool for research, shopping and banking
• Researching health information is the third most popular online activity with the most
senior age group, after email and online search.
• 80% of Generation X (ages 33-44) internet users buy products online, compared with
71% of internet users ages 18-32, 38% of online teens, 56% of internet users ages 6472 and 47% of internet users age 73 and older.
Video downloads, online travel reservations, and work-related research are now pursued
more equally by young and old
Broadband access has doubled for many age groups, tripled in oldest groups
Young Girls
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Extreme Digital World of Kids
Teens & Gen-Y
Digital Native Map
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation/extras/digital_native.html
Living Their Lives Online
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Seniors
Digital Divide in
Communicating with Father
Women & Digital Activism
What is Digital Activism?
http://www.digiactive.org/
Young Women & Activism in the Digital Age
For young activists, video is their voice
By Don Aucoin, Boston Globe
Staff | March 5, 2010
When Elisa Kreisinger wanted to protest
the newly diminished visibility of gay
characters and story lines on television,
she didn’t launch a petition drive or
write an angry op-ed piece. Instead, like
many other members of the YouTube
generation for whom the visual
language is a native tongue, she found a
way to have her say with video rather
than words.
Kreisinger remixed scenes from “Sex and
the City’’ into a pair of pro-gay
narratives, and uploaded the resulting
videos to her blog, drawing 21,000 hits.
“I wouldn’t have done it if it was text-based,’’
said Kreisinger, a 23-year-old Simmons College
grad from Cambridge. “Things are more easily
communicated through video . . . And there
can be more powerful statements.’’
Blogging While Brown
founder Gina McCauley
International Perspectives
The Internet is
“providing a new medium for women to work
across communities, link up to diasporas and to
women from other cultures that share the same
concerns about women’s struggle for autonomy and
self-determination.” – Wendy Harcourt
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